Amplify Blockchain Technology ETF
$65.75−1.37 (−2.04%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.70%
- Fund size
- $1.2B
- 1Y return
- +0.8%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.73%
- Holdings
- 53
- Volume · 30D
- 0.3M sh
- NAV per share
- $66.97
- 52W range
The ETF.net BLOK Grade
Score 59 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.DScore 33Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 62Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 80Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 88Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 87Category rank
Our read on BLOK
BLaunched in January 2018, one of the first blockchain ETFs out of the gate, and still an active stock picker: about 50 global companies chosen by a manager rather than an index, plus limited digital-asset exposure through a wholly owned subsidiary.
The Fund seeks total return through active investment in equity securities of companies involved in developing and using blockchain technologies. It may invest in non-U.S. equities and obtain limited digital-asset exposure through a wholly owned subsidiary.
Why people hold it
- Actively managed rather than index-bound: the team picks roughly 50 blockchain-linked companies worldwide and can reshuffle as the industry's cast changes.
- A January 2018 launch that grew into a billion-dollar-plus fund, and one of the stronger implementations in its blockchain-equity peer group.
- Scale shows up at the screen: among the easier funds in this corner of the market to get in and out of, and spread across a broad basket instead of two or three names.
Worth knowing
- 0.70% a year, essentially the category median but above index-tracking rivals such as BKCH at 0.50%. Active stock selection is what the extra buys.
- Companies, not coins. Any direct digital-asset exposure is limited and routed through a wholly owned subsidiary, so the ride follows blockchain equities, not a coin price.
- Distributions land once or twice a year, so this is an equity growth vehicle rather than an income sleeve.
BLOK Holdings
- Stocks
- 53
- 36%
- FIGR
Sectors
- Financials58.3%
- Technology32.7%
- Consumer Discr.5.2%
- Communication3.1%
- Industrials0.7%
- Real Estate0.0%
Geography
- United States80.68%
- Japan4.67%
- Norway3.48%
- Brazil2.98%
- Taiwan2.01%
- Uruguay1.81%
- Singapore1.80%
- Israel1.62%
- 0.96%
BLOK Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
BLOK$10,082
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | BLOK |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +18.1% |
| 1 month | +6.6% |
| 3 months | +1.1% |
| 1 year | +0.8% |
| 3 years | +54.1% |
| 5 years | +12.0% |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | BLOK |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +18.1% | |
| 2025 | +32.7% | |
| 2024 | +53.3% | |
| 2023 | +99.5% | |
| 2022 | −62.4% | |
| 2021 | +31.2% | |
| 2020 | +90.2% |
BLOK in the news
BLOK Dividends
- 0.73%
- $0.49
- $0.08 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.41 |
| Dec 30, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $2.59 |
| Dec 27, 2023 | Dec 29, 2023 | $0.34 |
| Dec 29, 2021 | Dec 31, 2021 | $5.75 |
| Dec 29, 2020 | Dec 31, 2020 | $0.66 |
| Dec 30, 2019 | Jan 2, 2020 | $0.39 |
| Dec 28, 2018 | Jan 2, 2019 | $0.19 |
BLOK Risk
- 41.0%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.01
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −73.2%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 2.55
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
BLOK Cost
0.70%
BLOK0.70%
- The middle half of Crypto Industry Stocks funds
- Median 0.65%
13 of the 20 Crypto Industry Stocks funds charge less.